Library Events

Learn to play American Mah Jongg on Thursday mornings with Rosemary Chalk.  Please bring your Mah Jongg card. Registration required.

Jonathan Herrick, LCSW, returns for another two-hour meditation workshop combining two powerful, pragmatic approaches that can reduce personal suffering and increase the capacity for happiness and love. Building on the concepts and practices introduced at his June workshop, Jonathan will contin...read more

Movement, stories, and music threaded together in an improvisational journey

Do you love poetry? If so, you'll love the Martha's Vineyard Poetry Reading Group. The Poetry Reading Group has been meeting for over 10 years to share and discuss poems by favorite poets from around the world. The Group meets September to June via Zoom. Meetings take place at 10 AM on the f...read more

Story circle with stories, music and songs, responsively led by librarian Aria. All ages. 

Neurocognitive specialist Dr. Nicole Absar of the Martha's Vineyard Hospital returns to the Vineyard Haven Library to provide an update on neurocognitive disorders and Alzheimer’s disease. In this lecture, Dr. Absar will focus on the updated differential diagnosis of various forms of major...read more

Learn to play American Mah Jongg on Thursday mornings with Rosemary Chalk.  Please bring your Mah Jongg card. Registration required.

Join the Vineyard Haven Public Library Book Club and the Aquinnah Cultural Center for a community discussion about the 2026 Massachusetts Great Reads title Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity by Joseph Lee. This program will be held on Thursday, S...read more

Do you ever dream of performing on stage? Join the Vineyard Haven Library and the Vineyard Haven Harbor Cultural District for Open Mic Night at 6:00 PM on the third Thursday of the month. Each performer may perform 1-2 songs or pieces in a genre of their choice, be it music, dance, drama, or the spo...read more

Movement, stories, and music threaded together in an improvisational journey

Join photographer and teacher Heather Pillar for a presentation about her photographic collaboration with Morrie Schwartz, subject of the best-selling memoir “Tuesdays with Morrie” by Mitch Albom.In 1995, Heather Pillar collaborated with Morrie Schwartz to document Morrie during the last...read more

Join Professor Philip Weinstein, the Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor Emeritus of English at Swarthmore College, for a new, seven-part literary lecture series entitled “Gender Dramas.” This series will be hosted on Zoom by Lifelong Learning at Swarthmore. Professor Weinstein and...read more

Story circle with stories, music and songs, responsively led by librarian Aria. All ages. 

For Kids and Adults alike! Play games with string, including iconic childhood favorites like Cat's Cradle, Cup & Saucer, and Jacob's Ladder. Make a classic friendship bracelet with embroidery thread, or take a break to explore our collection of building materials, including Legos, M...read more

The Board of Trustees meets at 6pm on the third Wednesday of each month and welcomes your input. Remote access via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94580360907To join by telephone: dial 646 558 8656 and enter Meeting ID: 945 8036 0907 when prompted.

Learn to play American Mah Jongg on Thursday mornings with Rosemary Chalk.  Please bring your Mah Jongg card. Registration required.

Join author Lesley Mahoney O’Connell for a discussion of her newly released story collection, “Ripple Effects and Other Stories.” In eleven carefully crafted stories, Lesley Mahoney O’Connell’s landscapes and seascapes help readers to recognize and to feel the strengths...read more

The Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library always welcome new members! All volunteers and those who are interested in knowing more about the Friends meet at 10:15 am quarterly on the fourth Saturday of the month. Contact the library for&nb...read more

Movement, stories, and music threaded together in an improvisational journey

Story circle with stories, music and songs, responsively led by librarian Aria. All ages. 

Join us in-person at the Vineyard Haven Library for the Mass Center for the Book’s virtual Q&A with author Joseph Lee. This will be an opportunity for Great Reads MA participants around the state to join us and ask the author their questions. For those of you who would like to submit quest...read more

For Kids and Adults alike! Play games with string, including iconic childhood favorites like Cat's Cradle, Cup & Saucer, and Jacob's Ladder. Make a classic friendship bracelet with embroidery thread, or take a break to explore our collection of building materials, including Legos, M...read more